Friday, December 11, 2020

I’ve been making pinwheels for probably a year for a scrap quilt that I designed. It seemed like the two-and-a-half inch blocks would never been finished but I finally got the right number made last week. I had been trying to work at sewing the rows of pinwheels together while working on That Fairy Tale Quilt but I was finding keeping track of the order for the pinwheels was just too difficult. But today my calendar said it was time to work on something scrappy so I went back to the pinwheels with them as my only focus.

I had the two rows put together (48 pinwheels per row) but when I put them on my design wall (the floor) the rows were way too long. I had made twice as many pinwheels as I needed. So now I’m back to my sketch book trying to find a way to make a border to use up some of the extras. I have an idea of something but I’ll have to wait and see how it works out before I’m sure. I need to take a couple of seams apart but if there is anything I’m particularly good at when it comes to quilting it is my reverse stitching techniques.

Elizabeth sent Pat and I a Gingerbread Tree-making kit in our Christmas package. It wasn’t wrapped so we didn’t feel bad about putting it together this afternoon. I was originally in charge of the icing bag as Pat was building the tree but my wrist was hurting so Pat took over when it came time to decorate. At one point he had more icing on the counter than he did on the tree or in the bag and, of course, I was laughing so hard I wasn’t much help.

When I thought we were done Mr. Perfect told me we had to have two lights (small light-shaped candies) on each point. It may not be a work of art, but it certainly turned out better than the few times I’ve tried to make gingerbread houses with homemade gingerbread!